![Women carry a banner reading "stop sexist and sexual violence " on November 20, 2021 in Paris.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/03/202203eca_france_sexistviolence.jpg?h=6f8e8448&itok=PenJRLna)
![Women carry a banner reading "stop sexist and sexual violence " on November 20, 2021 in Paris.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/03/202203eca_france_sexistviolence.jpg?h=6f8e8448&itok=PenJRLna)
March 7, 2022
Afghanistan: Taliban Threatening Provincial Media
Journalists Detained, Beaten; Media Outlets Closed
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March 7, 2022
Hong Kong: Covid-19 Threatens Detained Democracy Leaders
Free the Gravely Ill Olympic Protester Koo Sze-yiu, Others Arbitrarily Held
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March 7, 2022
Russia Criminalizes Independent War Reporting, Anti-War Protests
‘Discrediting’ Armed Forces, Calling to End the War, Backing Sanctions Become Crimes
![A flag flies on a Russian State Duma building in Moscow, Russia. February 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/03/202203eca_russia_flagmoscow.jpg?h=65fff0d5&itok=vdIcp_jk)
![A view of the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. © March 1, 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/03/202202ECA_Ukraine_Kharkiv.jpeg?h=103ccd4e&itok=LHesUOjm)
March 7, 2022
French Election Guide: Vote for Human Rights
Voters Should Consider Candidates’ Human Rights Commitments
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March 7, 2022
Turning Covid’s Economic Crisis into Opportunity
Pandemic-Related Support Addresses Longstanding Gaps
![A man picks up food for his family at the Los Angeles Unified School District's Liechty Middle School in Los Angeles, California, July 16, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/03/202203us_business_poverty_food.jpg?h=fb897d31&itok=Li_T4MaZ)
March 4, 2022
Honoring Women’s Rights Activists on International Women’s Day
In War and in Peace, Our Partners Raise Up Women and Girls
![Two women jump and smile while holding a protest sign](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/03/202203americas_venezuela_abortion_protest.jpg?h=4a08594b&itok=UKJteome)
March 4, 2022
Russia Instructs Teachers to Spread Disinformation About Ukraine
Distortion of Reality in Schools Part of a Broader Clampdown on Information
![Students at desks in a classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/03/202203eca_russia_secondaryschool.jpg?h=3c36a17e&itok=cc6oDqCB)
March 4, 2022
Saudi Arabia: Alleged Child Offender Again Sentenced to Death
Supreme Court Overturned First Conviction; New Sentence Violates Promises
![Abdullah al-Huwaiti](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103mena_saudi_abdullah.jpg?h=5463d0de&itok=r2w2-oQf)
March 4, 2022
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Nigerian students in Ukraine wait on a platform in Lviv railway station for a train to evacuate across the border, Sunday, February 27, 2022 in Lviv, west Ukraine.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/03/202203eca_Ukraine_refugees.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=rSAW62xb)
March 4, 2022
A Sick Baby Clings to Life in a Ukraine Basement
Allow Safe Evacuation of Civilians at Risk
![Women and their children sit in the basement of a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward and used as a bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/03/202203europe_ukraine_maternity_basement.jpg?h=5a4637af&itok=d0tOqdQ8)
March 4, 2022
Chile Needs More Free Speech, Not Less
![Chile’s Constitutional Assembly takes a vote on a justice system reform proposal on March 2, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/03/202203Americas_Chile_ConvencionConstitucional.jpg?h=fbf4b26c&itok=mFCBTJq8)